On a broiling hot day near the Sycamore Pool in Lower Bidwell Park, the Barony of Rivenoak, a community of medieval history enthusiasts, gathered to share medieval arts and science.  People made ...

The Spanish Donkey, also called the “chevalet” or simply the “wooden horse,” was one of the cruelest of the medieval torture devices. Thought to have emerged during the Holy Inquisition in ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...

After years of painstaking work, Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Gaon finished the illustrated manuscript in 1312 Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent A 700-year-old Hebrew Bible from medieval Spain is expected to ...

In the 1940s, a hoard of 5,000 silver coins was found in Breisgau, but despite Glotteral being known as a medieval mining Mecca, until now, no coins had been found here.

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...